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Thursday, November 11, 2010

Sound Nutrition Program Key to Healthy Heifers

Allheifer raisers are working toward the same goal: to generate profits by introducing heifers into the milking string as soon as possible. But what differentiates a successful heifer raiser from an unsuccessful one?

Elliot Block, Animal Nutrition, Arm & Hammer, delved into this question in a recent issue of Progressive Dairyman. Heading straight to the experts, he asked three progressive producers and heifer raisers a series of questions to see how high-quality nutrition and management programs contribute to the long-term success of their operations.
Here are 4 important points that consistently appeared in their responses:

"Nutrition plays an extremely important part in the success of our heifers... Even with the financial setbacks we have experienced over the past 18 months, we know how important it is to maintain ration quality and consistency. If we reduce the feed quality for our heifers, they will not reach the growth and breeding targets that our producer customers expect."

Mix a thorough, consistent ration and improve your nutrition program with a Patz Vertical Mixer!